Saint Joseph Mukasa
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- Also known as
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Joseph Mkasa
Joseph Mkasa Balikuddembe
Joseph Balikuddembe
Yosefu Mukasa Balikuddembe
Josef Mukasa
Yosefu Mkasa
- Memorial
- 3 June
- Profile
- Kayozi clan.
Major-domo to King Mwanga of Uganda, and captain of the king's pages.
Convert, joining on 15 November 1885.
Rebuked the 18 year old king for his dissolute lifestyle, his drinking, his advances to the male court pages, and the martyrdom of Anglican missionary bishop James Hannington.
Not the first Christian killed in Uganda, but the first Catholic martyr in the country.
One of the Martyrs of Uganda who died in the Mwangan persecutions.
- Born
- 1860 at Buganda, Uganda
- Died
- beheaded on 15 November 1885 at Nakivubo, Uganda;
his body was burned
- Name Meaning
- whom the Lord adds (Joseph)
- Canonized
- 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome, Italy
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